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February 11, 2019

Observers walk Hebron pupils to school after monitors leave

HEBRON, Palestinian Territories — Palestinians in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron walked children to school Sunday, saying protecting them from Israeli settlers was necessary following the withdrawal of international monitors.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced last month he would not renew the mandate of the Temporary International Presence in Hebron (TIPH), accusing it of bias.All mission members left on Jan. 31.It was established after a massacre of Palestinians ...

February 11, 2019

SDF pushes offensive to retake last Daesh pocket

OMAR OIL FIELD, Syria — Syrian fighters backed up by artillery fire from a US-led coalition pressed their assault Monday to retake a last morsel of territory from Daesh (the so-called IS) group, a war monitor said.More than four years after the extremists declared a “caliphate” across large parts of Syria and neighboring Iraq, several offensives have whittled that proto-state down to a tiny holdout.The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) ...

February 11, 2019

Caught in Syria, foreign militant suspects could face trial in Iraq

By Ali Choukeir and Sarah BenhaidaBAGHDAD — Their home countries don’t want them and holding trials in Syria isn’t an option: now suspected foreign militants could end up facing tough justice over the border in Iraq.Both countries have suffered for years at the hands of Daesh (the so-called IS) group and Iraqi courts have already meted out hefty sentences to hundreds of foreigners detained on its soil, often after lighting-quick ...

February 11, 2019

Egyptians tune into nostalgia for golden age of Arabic song

By Aziz El MassassiCAIRO — Standing before a rapt crowd, Ahmed Adel oozes charm with his passionate performance of an Egyptian classic, evoking a romantic nostalgia for Arabic songs of the past.After a melodious introduction on the Oud, the famed oriental lute, Adel croons his way through a “Mawal”, a traditional melody boasting long vowels.“Ya leil” (“O night”), he sings, with the dreamy languor of the original performer, Egyptian legend ...

February 10, 2019

Israel set to raze home of Palestinian murder suspect

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — The Israeli army said Sunday it had started preparations to demolish the West Bank home of a Palestinian suspected of killing an Israeli woman.“Overnight, troops operated in Hebron, where the suspect in the murder of Ori Ansbacher is from,” the army said in an English-language statement.“During the operation, the troops surveyed the suspect’s house in order to examine the possibility of its demolition.”The suspect was arrested over ...

February 10, 2019

US-backed forces make final push against Daesh

HASAKEH, Syria — US-backed forces were locked in fierce fighting Sunday as they pressed the battle against the last shred of Daesh (the so-called IS) group’s “caliphate” in eastern Syria.The militants overran large parts of the country and neighboring Iraq in 2014, but various military offensives have since reduced that territory to a patch on the Iraqi border.The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), supported by a US-led coalition, announced a final ...

February 10, 2019

French guns on Iraq border aim to pin down Daesh ultras inside Syria

By Daphné BenoitAL-QAIM — French howitzer-guns deployed in the Euphrates Valley desert just inside Iraq stand ready to pour fury on Daesh (the so-called IS) group diehards in their last holdout across the border in Syria.Warplanes flash through the sky, followed seconds later by explosions on the Syrian side that send up a mushroom cloud.“We’re less than 10 kilometers (six miles) from the frontline here,” points out Col. Francois-Regis Legrier.He ...

February 10, 2019

New Muslim lawmakers’ criticism of Israel pressures US Democrats

WASHINGTON — The support for a boycott of Israel by the first two Muslim women in the US Congress has opened a breach in the Democratic Party and threatens to create a fissure in the ironclad US-Israeli alliance.Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib made their debut in the House of Representatives in January openly declaring their support for the Palestinian-led Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions movement, or BDS.The movement, launched more than a ...

February 10, 2019

Iran awaits Lebanese ‘desire’ to accept its military aid, says FM

BEIRUT — Iran is waiting for Lebanon to show a desire to accept its military assistance, Iran’s foreign minister said on Sunday, reiterating an offer of support to the US-backed Lebanese military.Jawad Zarif, whose government backs the powerful Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah, was speaking at Beirut airport at the start of his first visit to Lebanon since its new government was formed late last month.Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said ...

February 10, 2019

Russia ‘repatriates’ new batch of Daesh kids

BAGHDAD — A Russian official said Sunday that Moscow had repatriated a fresh batch of children whose mothers are being held in Iraq for belonging to Daesh group. “Twenty-seven Russian children have been repatriated from Baghdad”, a Russian foreign ministry official said.Thirty other children were sent back to Moscow in late December.The fathers of the children were killed during three years of fighting between the militants and Iraqi troops, the ...

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